The 21st World Business Leaders Roundtable Conference was held in Xiamen on the 7th, focusing on "co-building a unified regional market, revitalizing trade and investment", "co-promoting the development of digital trade, and exploring new economic growth points".
The "Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement" (RCEP) was officially implemented on January 1 this year, covering about 30% of the world's population, about 30% of the total economy and about 30% of the total trade volume, and is the world's largest free trade zone . The theme of this year's World Business Leaders Roundtable is "RCEP - A New Vision for Regional Cooperation and Development".
"RCEP is a free trade zone with the largest population, the most diverse member institutions, and the greatest development potential in the world." Ke Liangdong, member of the party group and vice chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, said in his speech that RCEP has strengthened trade and investment cooperation among member countries and has become a regional trade and investment zone. Ballast stones and stabilizers for steady development.
In his video speech, Robin van Poonbrobeck, executive director of business development at the World Trade Center Association, said that in recent years, the development of the multilateral trading system has faced enormous challenges. RCEP has become the world's largest regional free trade agreement, covering ASEAN countries and major trading countries such as China, Japan, South Korea, and Australia. "This shows China's determination to further relax trade policies and increase economic integration with other countries in the world. It will bring huge benefits to enterprises of RCEP member countries, including China."
"For Indonesia, RCEP can bring real opportunities and accelerate our high-level development in the investment field." Bin Dega, Consul General of the Indonesian Consulate General in Guangzhou, said that he was originally facing various trade barriers and obstacles. After RCEP , looking forward to promoting foreign direct investment, strengthening the development of various industries in Indonesia, and looking forward to further strengthening the economic and trade relations between Indonesia and China.
Guo Chuanwei, director of the Trade and Investment Department of the ASEAN-China Center, said that since China and ASEAN established a dialogue relationship 31 years ago, the cooperation between the two sides has achieved leapfrog development. The two sides have established a comprehensive strategic partnership and created the most dynamic and potential regional cooperation model. Economic and trade cooperation is an important pillar of bilateral relations. China and ASEAN are each other's largest trading partners. The bilateral trade volume has increased by 100 times compared with 31 years ago. At present, the cumulative two-way investment exceeds 340 billion US dollars, and the economic aggregate exceeds one-fifth of the world. , contributing more than 30% to the global economy.
According to Feng Bowen, president of the Australian Chamber of Commerce in China, RCEP provides new opportunities and new markets. He pointed out that RCEP will provide a series of opportunities for Australian service providers and investors in the region, including financial services, elderly care, education and other service industries. "Australian companies need more of these trade and investment opportunities in the post-pandemic world."